Basil Radford
Acting1897Chester, England, UK
Biography
Arthur Basil Radford (25 June 1897 – 20 October 1952) was an English character actor who featured in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably best remembered for his appearances alongside Naunton Wayne as one half of Charters and Caldicott, two cricket-obsessed Englishmen who appeared in several films from 1938 to 1949, most famously in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
Known For
Acting History
1951
White Corridors
as Retired Civil Servant
The Galloping Major
as Major Arthur Hill
1950
Ha'penny Breeze
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime
as Dickinson
1949
Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
It's Not Cricket
as Maj. Bright
Stop Press Girl
as The Mechanical Type
1948
Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
1946
The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
A Girl in a Million
as Prendergast
1945
The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Twilight Hour
as Lord Chetwood
1943
Millions Like Us
as Charters
Dear Octopus
as Kenneth
1942
The Next of Kin
as Careless Talker on Train
Flying Fortress
as Captain Wilkinson
Unpublished Story
as Lamb
London Scrapbook
as Himself
1940
Night Train to Munich
as Charters
Crook's Tour
as Hawtrey Charters
The Flying Squad
as Sederman
Girl in the News
as Doctor Threadgrove
Just William
as Mr. Sidway
The Girl Who Forgot
as Mr. Barradine
Room for Two
as Robert Spencer
1939
Spies of the Air
as Bill Madison
Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
The Four Just Men
as (uncredited)
Trouble Brewing
as Guest at Madame Berdi's
She Couldn't Say No
as Lord Pilton
Let's Be Famous
as Watson
Secret Journey
as John Richardson
1938
1937
Captain's Orders
as Murdoch
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
Jump for Glory
as Defending Counsel
1936
Dishonour Bright
as Henry Crane
Broken Blossoms
as Mr. Reed
1935
Foreign Affaires
as Basil Mallory (uncredited)
1934
A Southern Maid
as Tom
1933
Leave It to Smith
as Sir John Moynton
1932
There Goes the Bride
as Rudolph (uncredited)
1930
Seven Days Leave
as Corporal
1929
Barnum Was Right
as Standish